About the Authors

Cong Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Cong Zhao, Xianbao Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Xianbao Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Cong Zhao, Xianbao Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Yuling Cong

Affiliation Joint Surgery, Central Hospital of Shengli Oil Field, Dongying, China

Yi Deng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Yijun Xu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Aihua Chen

zj_chenaihua@126.com (AC); yyr1707@163.com (YY)

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Yanru Yin

zj_chenaihua@126.com (AC); yyr1707@163.com (YY)

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ XBW YRY AHC. Performed the experiments: CZ XBW. Analyzed the data: CZ XBW YLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLC YJX YD. Wrote the paper: CZ XBW.